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Sharon Stone's sympathy for Moss 'mistake'
By KERSTIN GEHMLICH
06oct05
ACTRESS Sharon Stone has defended Kate Moss, implicitly criticising firms which are cancelling their contracts with the British model over allegations Moss snorted cocaine.
The cocaine scandal has prompted two fashion houses - Britain's Burberry and the Swedish-based Hennes and Mauritz - to sever ties with 31-year-old Moss. Stone made the comments at a Paris news conference at which she was being presented as the new face to promote Christian Dior's anti-ageing product line.
France's Chanel has also said it would not renew Moss's contract when it expired this month, but did not comment on whether the decision was linked to the drug scandal.
"I'd like to say as for Kate Moss, I understand that she has apologised and is changing her life. And I think that that is the most important thing that's happened," the Basic Instinct star said.
"I think that we have to be aware that people are allowed to make mistakes in their life," she said.
Stone implicitly criticised the fashion houses who had parted with Moss, after Britain's Mirror newspaper featured grainy pictures that allegedly showed the model taking cocaine.
"Whether or not a house stands with her or not through it says more about the house than it does about her," she said.
The actress, 47, who made headlines earlier this year for raising $1.3 million in five minutes from business tycoons at the Davos World Economic Forum for African children, earned loud applause for her comments. "If you are in here and haven't made a mistake, I'd like to meet you because I've been waiting for Jesus - and today would be the day," Stone said to loud laughter.
Moss, whose annual earnings from modelling are estimated to be in excess of $9.6 million, apologised last month to friends, family and associates for her behaviour.
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Robbie Williams has defended supermodel Kate Moss after her slating in the press over an alleged drug expose, which cost her a number of high profile contracts.
Speaking Friday at a press conference in Germany, ahead of a sold out concert at Berlin's Velodrome arena, Willams said the journalists - many of whom he says have drug habits equal to Ms Moss - 'had a lot to answer for'.
"We're talking about a woman who has never harmed anyone or hurt anyone and who has never pretended to be anyone she isn't," he said. Some people in various media groups who I have personally taken cocaine with are now talking about her and saying she shouldn't do it."
"I have done cocaine with these people and, the way they have so much power over people's lives, it wouldn't have surprised me if she had tried to commit suicide the week that everything hit the papers. We're talking about a woman who has never harmed or hurt anyone and who has never pretended to be anyone she isn't.
"She is an absolute icon, she's beautiful. Every time I have met her she has been really lovely to me and I think people should just get off her f***ing back."
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Fashion magazine W has publicly come out in support of Kate Moss since her drug scandal broke out.
According to ananova.com, the magazine features Moss on the cover and has eight pages of photographs of her inside.
In an article headlined Survivors, deputy editor Julie Belcove writes: "When Kate Moss burst into the fashion world in the 90s, few imagined she'd still be the dominant model more than a decade later.
"Her delicate frame posed a paradoxically giant challenge to the prevailing ideal, epitomised by towering, busty mannequins like Cindy (Crawford), Claudia (Schiffer) and Naomi (Campbell). But the big-eyed waif developed a womanly presence.
"As the world now knows, she has not come through the transformation unscathed. A tabloid sting recently caught the 31-year-old Moss using cocaine, the resulting photographs cost her several lucrative contracts.
"Moss, who was booked for this issue well before the scandal broke, has had a long relationship with the magazine, appearing on more covers - by far - than any other model or actress."
And creative director Dennis Freedman added: "She has shown courage by taking steps to deal with her personal problems and it is only natural that we would support someone that we regard as a friend."
A spokesperson from Moss' agency Storm said: "We are delighted and grateful for W's support for Kate through their photo coverage and commitment and also through their public message of loyalty."
